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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966115503321

Autore

Fitzpatrick Sheila

Titolo

The Russian revolution / / Sheila Fitzpatrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-19-252970-6

0-19-252969-2

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 226 pages)

Disciplina

947.0841

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Russia History February Revolution, 1917

Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921

Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The setting. The society ; The revolutionary tradition ; The 1905 revolution and its aftermath : the First World War -- 1917 : the revolutions of February and October. The February revolution and "dual power" ; The Bolsheviks ; The popular revolution ; The political crises of the summer ; The October revolution -- The Civil War. The Civil War, the Red Army, and the Cheka ; War communism ; Visions of the new world ; The Bolsheviks in power -- NEP and the future of the revolution. The discipline of retreat ; The problem of bureaucracy ; The leadership struggle ; Building socialism in one country -- Stalin's revolution. Stalin versus the right ; The industrialization drive ; Collectivization ; Cultural revolution -- Ending the revolution. "Revolution accomplished" ; "Revolution betrayed" ; The terror.

Sommario/riassunto

This updated new edition of Sheila Fitzpatrick's classic short history of the Russian Revolution takes into account the centenary of the Revolution in 2017 and what it means today.

In this work, the author incorporates data from archives that were previously inaccessible not only to Western but also to Soviet historians, as well as drawing on important recent Russian publications.